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Number of Reviews collected

in Laptops

368

Total

788

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United Kingdom

Language: English

Source rating scale

1
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Average source rating

85

Highest rating

90

Lowest rating

75

Laptops

of Asus R50A UMPC

Review of Asus R50A UMPC

By Sylwester Cyba

Always at hand. With the Asus R50A the Microsoft Origami project sends its greetings. Origami Experience 2.0 is a software package that is specifically designed for Ultra-Mobile PCs by Microsoft. Based on Windows Vista, this allows ad-hoc access to ...

Touchscreen , Compact dimensions , High performance (as for a unit of this size) , 3G modem , GPS module , Low price (in contrast to Samsung Q1) , Touchscreen, Compact dimensions, High performance (as for a unit of this size), 3G modem, GPS module, ...

Glare display (no AMOLED screen) , No sliding keyboard , No office charger for second battery , Average battery performance , Windows Vista (with only 1GB of RAM), Glare display (no AMOLED screen), No sliding keyboard, No office charger for second ...

Also desirable would be an external charger, with which one battery could be charged, while the other is being used

September, 2009

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1 reviews

IFA 2009: Thursday, 03 September - Part 1

Day 2, Part 1. In the first part of the IFA Thursday we will summarize the highlights of Panasonic's press conference. We also made a short box stop in the exhibition halls of Kodak and Nikon, as the itinery listed appointments with the Zx1 and Zi6 ...

Nikon Coolpix S1000pj with an integrated mini-projector for projecting pictures and videos

September, 2009

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1 reviews

Dell Vostro 1520

Review Dell Vostro 1520 Notebook

By Martina Osztovits

Reasonably priced and customizable. If you're searching for a reasonably priced office notebook, Dell's Vostro range is certainly worth a look. With a starting price of €319 (plus tax and shipping), the 15.4 inch Vostro 1520 is designed for small ...

Classic timeless design , Matt screen , Good keyboard and touchpad , Pleasant matt finish on the base unit , Very customizable , Recovery media included , Good performance for the price , Access panels allow maintenance and upgrades, Classic timeless ...

Some useful ports have been omitted , Customizing quickly drives up the price , Tendency to overheat (touchpad gets quite warm), Some useful ports have been omitted, Customizing quickly drives up the price, Tendency to overheat (touchpad gets quite ...

Almost all major laptop manufacturers have a range of reasonably priced business models, for instance HP's Probook range, Lenovo's Thinkpad SL range or Acer's Extensa range

September, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 89

33 reviews

Asus F70

Review Asus F70SL Notebook

By Sylwester Cyba

Multimedia in 17.3 inches. The 17.3 inch Asus F70SL tries to appeal to the broad mass of final consumers in a metaphorical fancy dress. Apart from this, it aligns itself in the starter multimedia range with an Nvidia Geforce 9300M GS and tries to ...

Stable case , Comfortable keyboard , Low noise emissions, Stable case, Comfortable keyboard, Low noise emissions

Heavy , Test device's display was defective, Heavy, Test device's display was defective

Also worth mentioning is that equally high temperatures are reached to a part in idle mode as with load. It would have been desirable to have lower temperatures in such a large device with a starter multimedia card

September, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 87

12 reviews

HP ProBook 4310s

Review HP ProBook 4310s Notebook

By J. Simon Leitner

Assiduous saver? HP serves business customers in the field of small and medium sized companies oriented towards the price with the ProBooks. However, private customers could also become interested in the affordable business devices, since they do ...

Good stability of the base unit , Digital HDMI video output , Generous keyboard , Bright LED display , Good office performance, Good stability of the base unit, Digital HDMI video output, Generous keyboard, Bright LED display, Good office performance

Case is susceptible to pollution , Ports are located in the front area of the lateral edges , Only 12 months warranty , Only glare panel available for now , Fan is always present, Case is susceptible to pollution, Ports are located in the front area ...

How nonpractical high-gloss surfaces can be - fingerprints, wear marks, unpleasantly sticky feel - one readily passes on it, especially on business notebooks

September, 2009

Rating

83

alaSCORE 92

11 reviews

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard im Test

Snow Leopard. Apple has now presented the new 10.6 Mac OS X version - a few weeks before the Windows 7 release. In the following editorial, we have summarized the modifications and recorded our experiences and benchmarks with the new system. ...

Of course, a few faults and problems are preprogrammed with a distinct system reconfiguration. The numerous program crashes in the first few days of use of our MacBook Pro with Torqx SSD were especially conspicuous. A few incompatibilities might ...

September, 2009

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2 reviews

IFA 2009: Sony Vaio X in a Hands-On Review

Fits in an envelope: In the range of the IFA Berlin, Sony also presents its first pre-sample of its new ultra flat 11.1 inch mobile computer: The Sony Vaio X. Although the exact configuration of the Sony Vaio X is still top secret, a few details about ...

Among the Sony Vaio X's pre-samples, we discovered at least 2 different models. But typically Sony: Even the pre-series models look elegant and highly qualitative

September, 2009

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1 reviews

TravelMate 8371-944G32N

The Slim One. In the meantime, the Acer Timeline Series is available in several configurations and case sizes, whereas a persistently slim and light design is used. Acer's motto: mobile, efficient devices at a low price, but which have enough ...

Case quality , Non-glare display surface , Long battery life , Efficient computing performance , Low weight , Chic and slim design , Very quiet battery mode , Includes XP Professional as a downgrade via recovery DVD , Docking port and fingerprint ...

Fan runs almost permanently , Meager software equipment , UMTS not yet available , Interface connection isn't ideal , Restricted display opening angle, Fan runs almost permanently, Meager software equipment, UMTS not yet available, Interface ...

That Acer protrudes into the regions of established subnotebooks at a competitive price with its Travelmate 8371, whereas there are barely any cut backs in performance or configuration

September, 2009

Rating

88

alaSCORE 97

10 reviews

Preview: Dell Studio XPS 16 (HD4670/Win7) im Test

Graphic Update. As Dell presented the brand-new Studio XPS series a few months ago, it was with high expectations on the multimedia bolides. Especially friends of graphic intensive applications and games were all the more disappointed as only an ATI ...

So much for the first impression of the modified Dell Studio XPS 16. A comprehensive review with numerous benchmarks, comparisons of performance between Windows Vista and the new, final version of Windows 7, as well as a closer look at emissions and ...

September, 2009

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2 reviews

TravelMate 8571-943G25N

Endurance Runner? With the TravelMate 8571, Acer brings a business model of its youngest Timeline range onto the market, which is supposed to impress with a battery life of over eight hours even remote from a socket. If Acer achieves its goal or if ...

Matt display , Very high battery life , Excellent workmanship , Great keyboard , Very good touchpad , Low noise development , Plain design, Matt display, Very high battery life, Excellent workmanship, Great keyboard, Very good touchpad, Low noise ...

Few connections (no HDMI) , Dim, contrast poor display , Mediocre loudspeakers , Poor gaming performance, Few connections (no HDMI), Dim, contrast poor display, Mediocre loudspeakers, Poor gaming performance

Acer's valor, in view of the current price war on the notebook market, to set on a plain design with a high quality metal case

September, 2009

Rating

87

alaSCORE 91

2 reviews

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